Ms. Gibbons, last year I asked the minister's office what data they were going off when they set last year's quota. When they came out with it at the end of June, I asked them what they were going off, because they didn't have the trawl survey. They said they were going off the sentinel survey.
Now I know why. It's because for some reason, fishermen's logbook data is not important enough to be analyzed. Surely to goodness you have enough people and enough budget to get it done. Considering the fact that there was no trawl survey data to be analyzed, this is simply disgraceful and disrespectful to the harvesters who fill out those logbooks. Now you're coming out with a new electronic logbook system, when you don't even use the old logbook system. It's unbelievable.
Will you commit your department to tabulating and analyzing fishermen's logbook data in a timely enough manner so that it impacts management decisions in the upcoming seasons?